Good morning, fellow writers!
Today is Monday, Patriot's Day in Beantown, and the start of April vacation. Being a teacher, I look forward to the time off. It's a chance to rest, relax and recover from the often stressful life of teaching. Of course, my work comes home with me. So, at best, this is a working vacation. I have a test to review, a test prep lesson to plan, homework to grade and homework to create. This all involves writing which is one of the reasons I became an English teacher. But what about my own writing?
My writing progress has been a mixed bag as of late. On the up side, I have written a poem (or two) a day for the April poem-a-day challenge. You can find it on the Writer's Digest website as one of the featured links. Poetry comes so much easier to me than article or story writing. When I write poetry it just flows out of me like rain from a cloud. I like poetry and all its various forms. I guess that's why I find it so appealing - the flexibility. That's one of the things that I'm trying to teach to my students. So, if I can maintain my stamina with the poetry challenge, I'll have something else to show my students.
Another writing achievement was writing and submitting an article on a conference I attended a few weeks ago. My editor received it at the beginning of last week. It should be appearing in the next edition soon. Another recent success was finishing the memoir "A Piece of Cake" by Cupcake Brown. I actually read it, wrote a comment on Ms. Brown's blog and a review on my blog. I also Twittered about it (yes, I have a Twitter). So, I have done some things with my writing lately.
The down side? Well, where do I begin? I have a final project due for my Writing on the Web class and while I have an idea of what to say, fear and procrastination have held up the actual writing of it. I need to get up the nerve and just do it (as Nike would say). I need a consultation from a former writing instructor, but it costs $50 and while that is not a HUGE sum of money, it is when you're faced with a mountain of bills. But I need to start thinking long term and need her advice. The future doesn't look too bright and I need to prepare for it in every way that I can. I still need to query on my book review for "A Piece of Cake" and see who'd be interested in it. I have a couple of targets, so I need to get cracking.
Overall, I have work to do and time continues to move forward. Before you know it, my vacation will be over and I'll be back in the classroom. I need to accomplish the things this week to feel fulfilled. So, I'm about to dive right in and just do it.
Ciao for now!
Start writing!
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